District Matric Results 2025 – Pass Rates & Rankings

Explore matric 2025 performance across education districts: pass rates, total candidates, achieved passes and rank positioning. Filter by province to narrow regional comparisons or view multi‑year averages for stability trends. Use this dashboard to identify top performing districts.

Tip: Remove the year to see long‑term average performance; add a province for focused regional ranking.

How to use district rankings for real insight

District rankings are most valuable when you treat them as a “where to look next” tool, not a final judgment. Districts can differ widely in the number of schools they manage, the size of matric cohorts, the mix of rural and urban communities, and the resources available to learners. Two districts may have the same pass rate but very different realities beneath the surface.

Start by choosing your comparison frame. If you want a fairer operational comparison, filter within a province first. This keeps policy context and administration more consistent. If you want a national scan, leave the province blank, but expect more variation driven by geography and socio‑economic conditions.

Next, decide whether you care more about the latest year or stability over time. A single year can be affected by cohort composition, local disruptions, or program changes. The “All Years (Average)” view reduces volatility and can better represent typical performance. Once you’ve identified a district of interest, switch back to a specific year to understand recent movement.

Finally, always read the pass rate alongside Schools, Total Wrote, and Total Achieved. A district with a small cohort can jump up and down the table with a relatively small change in learner outcomes. A district with a large cohort can move slowly but still represent a major difference in the number of learners passing. Use this page to identify consistent top performers, improving districts, and outliers worth investigating—then drill down to school‑level results for practical, local explanations.

District Performance Rankings
Showing district performance for all 10 years (2016-2025) in KWAZULU-NATAL
Rank District Province Schools Total Wrote Total Achieved Pass Rate Years of Data
#1 AMAJUBA KWAZULU-NATAL 75 75,607 63,760
84.3%
10 years
#2 UGU KWAZULU-NATAL 139 96,088 79,732
83.0%
10 years
   #3 UMKHANYAKUDE KWAZULU-NATAL 170 136,619 113,307
82.9%
10 years
   #4 UMGUNGUNDLOVU KWAZULU-NATAL 157 118,312 97,865
82.7%
10 years
   #5 UMLAZI KWAZULU-NATAL 178 196,977 162,269
82.4%
10 years
   #6 PINETOWN KWAZULU-NATAL 170 173,108 138,643
80.1%
10 years
   #7 KING CETSHWAYO KWAZULU-NATAL 209 168,425 132,966
79.0%
10 years
   #8 ZULULAND KWAZULU-NATAL 217 153,262 120,978
78.9%
10 years
   #9 HARRY GWALA KWAZULU-NATAL 94 66,299 52,215
78.8%
10 years
   #10 UTHUKELA KWAZULU-NATAL 142 101,754 79,700
78.3%
10 years
   #11 ILEMBE KWAZULU-NATAL 124 81,723 63,695
77.9%
10 years
   #12 UMZINYATHI KWAZULU-NATAL 146 88,201 68,425
77.6%
10 years
Pass Rate Trends Over Time by District
This table shows pass rate trends through color intensity and sparklines - brighter badges indicate improving trends, darker badges indicate declining trends
District Province Trend 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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